Haven't fully understood the usage of wake_event_interruptible, now I have read its description. Sorry for the lame patch. Please find a fixed version below. Patch allows for blocking or nonblocking io on the ngene sec0 device. It also enforces one reader and one writer at a time. Signed-off-by: Issa Gorissen <flop.m@xxxxxxx> -- --- a/linux/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-dvb.c 2011-05-10 19:11:21.000000000 +0200 +++ b/linux/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-dvb.c 2011-06-21 23:46:09.000000000 +0200 @@ -53,15 +53,30 @@ static ssize_t ts_write(struct file *fil struct dvb_device *dvbdev = file->private_data; struct ngene_channel *chan = dvbdev->priv; struct ngene *dev = chan->dev; + int avail = 0; + char nonblock = file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK; - if (wait_event_interruptible(dev->tsout_rbuf.queue, - dvb_ringbuffer_free - (&dev->tsout_rbuf) >= count) < 0) + if (!count) return 0; - dvb_ringbuffer_write(&dev->tsout_rbuf, buf, count); + if (nonblock) { + avail = dvb_ringbuffer_free(&dev->tsout_rbuf); + if (!avail) + return -EAGAIN; + if (count < avail) + avail = count; + } else { + if (wait_event_interruptible(dev->tsout_rbuf.queue, + dvb_ringbuffer_free + (&dev->tsout_rbuf) >= count) < 0) + return -EINTR; + + avail = count; + } + + dvb_ringbuffer_write(&dev->tsout_rbuf, buf, avail); + return avail; - return count; } static ssize_t ts_read(struct file *file, char *buf, @@ -70,22 +85,29 @@ static ssize_t ts_read(struct file *file struct dvb_device *dvbdev = file->private_data; struct ngene_channel *chan = dvbdev->priv; struct ngene *dev = chan->dev; - int left, avail; + int avail = 0; + char nonblock = file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK; - left = count; - while (left) { - if (wait_event_interruptible( - dev->tsin_rbuf.queue, - dvb_ringbuffer_avail(&dev->tsin_rbuf) > 0) < 0) - return -EAGAIN; + if (!count) + return 0; + + if (nonblock) { avail = dvb_ringbuffer_avail(&dev->tsin_rbuf); - if (avail > left) - avail = left; - dvb_ringbuffer_read_user(&dev->tsin_rbuf, buf, avail); - left -= avail; - buf += avail; + if (!avail) + return -EAGAIN; + if (avail > count) + avail = count; + } else { + if (wait_event_interruptible(dev->tsin_rbuf.queue, + dvb_ringbuffer_avail + (&dev->tsin_rbuf) >= count) < 0) + return -EINTR; + + avail = count; } - return count; + + dvb_ringbuffer_read_user(&dev->tsin_rbuf, buf, avail); + return avail; } static const struct file_operations ci_fops = { @@ -98,9 +120,9 @@ static const struct file_operations ci_f struct dvb_device ngene_dvbdev_ci = { .priv = 0, - .readers = -1, - .writers = -1, - .users = -1, + .readers = 1, + .writers = 1, + .users = 2, .fops = &ci_fops, }; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html